Strictly Come Dancing has confirmed its first celebrity for the 2024 series.
Blind comedian Chris McCausland appeared on This Morning to reveal his excitement at appearing on the BBC show.
The signing is a first for the dance competition which previously featured deaf EastEnders actress Rose Ayling-Ellis who won the glitterball trophy alongside Giovanni Pearce in 2021.
Comedian and CBeebies actor Chris, 46, lost his sight aged 22 due to a hereditary condition, Retinitis Pigmentosa.
Strictly Come Dancing has confirmed its first celebrity for the 2024 series. Blind comedian Chris McCausland appeared on This Morning to reveal his excitement at appearing on the BBC show
Chris has been a comedian for over two decades and is a regular face on flagship comedy shows like Have I Got News for You, Would I Lie to You?, QI, The Last Leg, and 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
He has appeared on Live at the Apollo three times, hosting in 2021, a year that also saw him make his highly acclaimed debut appearance on The Royal Variety Performance.
Chris currently hosts his own Saturday morning chat show for ITV: The Chris McCausland Show. He has also co-written and stars in Bad Tidings a festive family comedy movie that will premier for Sky this Christmas.
The comedian said of his next venture: ‘If anybody out there is thinking – How the hell is he going to do that? – then rest assured that I am thinking exactly the same thing.
‘I don’t dance, I haven’t danced, I can’t dance, I can’t see the dancing I will have to do. What can possibly go wrong? Ok don’t answer that…!’
The Liverpool-born star shares his daughter Sophie with wife Patricia.
Strictly has been plunged into chaos in recent weeks as a number of allegations of abuse from professionals have come to light.
The scandal erupted when actress Amanda Abbington quit the show last year before claiming that her partner Giovanni Pernice was abusive towards her – later leaving the show.
Soon after it emerged that Graziano Di Prima had been sacked for ‘kicking’ his partner Love Island star Zara McDermott.
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